I Liked It When I Saw It The First Time, Entries Beginning with J

This page is inspired by the comedy of David Spade. Yes, David Spade. During his stay on Saturday Night Live, he would occasionally put things down that seemed to copy things before them by saying something like "I liked 'Black Sheep' the first time I saw it, when it was called 'Tommy Boy'". So this is my attempt at ranking on the movies and television programs of the nineties (and present) by pointing out what they copied from the eighties. Since there always seems to be a lot or unoriginal ideas in Hollywood, this should be an easy page to fill up quickly.

This page currently edited by: Indy Gent. Past editor: Banasy



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I liked "J-Lo (with Ja Rule)" when it was called Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (with Full Force)
I liked "JAG" when it was called Top Gun
If you look at some of the aerial scenes in JAG, you'll see that they're directly ripped off from Top Gun.
I liked "Ja-Rule" when it was called 2Pac
I liked "Jamal Lewis" when it was called Eric Dickerson
Both are NFL running backs who rushed for 2,000 yards in a season.
I liked "Jamie Foxx" when it was called Eddie Murphy
I liked "Jason Kidd" when it was called Magic Johnson
I liked "Jason X" when it was called Aliens
Watch both these movies in a row, and you'll see I'm not lying.
I liked "Jawbreaker" when it was called Heathers
Evil bitches anyone?
I liked "Jay and Silent Bob" when it was called Cheech and Chong
I liked "Jay-Z" when it was called Grandmaster Flash
I liked "Jennifer Aniston (Friends)" when it was called Miyam Bialik (Blossom)
Another present-day actress who looks like Blossom.
I liked "Jennifer Lopez" when it was called Rita Moreno
Rita won an Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy. What has J. Lo done?
I liked "Jennifer Lopez" when it was called Madonna
Controversial, sex symbol, hot clothes. Need I say more?
I liked "Jerry Springer" when it was called Morton Downey Jr.
I liked "Jerry Springer" when it was called Geraldo
I liked "Jerry Springer" when it was called WWF Wrestling
I liked "Jesse Camp" when it was called Pauly Shore
I liked "Jessica Simpson's I Think I'm In Love" when it was called John Cougar Mellancamp's Jack And Diane
(The background music from her song was stolen from one the best songs ever made!)
I liked "Jessica Simpson" when it was called Kelly Bundy
The only difference is that "Kelly Bundy" is a fictional character. And Jessica Simpson might really be ditzy.
I liked "Jessica Simpson" when it was called Tiffany
Are they both really "Goodie Two Shoes?" Yuck!!!!
I liked "Jet" when it was called Iggy Pop
Compare "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" to "Lust for Life." It sounds very similar.
I liked "Jim Carrey" when it was called Robin Williams
I liked "Jo Jo" when it was called Debbie Gibson
Jo Jo is a current teen pop singer. The only difference is that Debbie, now a Broadway actress that goes by 'Deborah', wrote & produced her own material and played instruments.
I liked "Joan of Arcadia" when it was called Touched By An Angel
I liked "Joey House" when it was called Tawny Kitaen
Joey House, from Bowling For Soup's video "1985", looks similar to Tawney Kitaen. Not to mention she did her trademark splits on the hood of a car on the mentioned "1985" music video. Though the "Here I Go Again" (Whitesnake) video was from 1987. Besides that, both looked hot in those music videos.
I liked "Joey Tribbani" when it was called Vinnie Verducci
It's still a Matt LeBlanc character (from "Top of the Heap") with the same formula. A good looking, but half-witted, person that stuck in the middle of a bunch of very pretty girls.
I liked "Joey Tribbiani" when it was called Tony Danza
Tony did the Joey thing in both "Taxi" AND "Who's The Boss?"
I liked "John Edwards" when it was called Dan Quayle
I liked "John Kerry" when it was called Walter Mondale
I liked "John Madden" when it was called Howard Cosell
I liked "The Johnson Family Vacation" when it was called National Lampoon's Vacation
I liked "Jon Gruden's Tampa Bay Buccaneers" when it was called John McKay's Tampa Bay Buccaneers
And I also like the orange sherbet uniforms better than the Red and Pewter get-up.
I liked "Jonathan Lipnicky" when it was called McCaulay Culkin
I liked "Josie and the Pussycats" when it was called Josie and the Pussycats
When it was rated G.
I liked "Judge Judy (Judge Judy Scheindlin)" when it was called The People's Court (Judge Wapner)
Same court TV, more drama!
I liked "Jump Cuts" when it was called Liquid Television
Error correct: The show is titled "Jump Cuts", not "Short Jumps".
I liked "Jump Five" when it was called The Jets
I liked "Justin Timberlake" when it was called Michael Jackson
I liked "Juwanna Man" when it was called Tootsie
Same plot, only with basketball instead of acting.


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What else can you think of that is ripped off from the 80s?

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